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J.H. GORDONQ GRAIN BINDER.

No. 293.649. Patented-Feb. 19

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LEI GORDON. I GRAIN BINDER.

No. 293,649. Patented l-"eb. 19:1884.

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UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFI E.

JOHN H. eoanoiv, or nocnnsrnn, NEW roan.

GRAlN BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,649, dated February 19, 1884.

Application filed February 5, 1878.

To aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY GORDON,

of Rochester, in the" county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new I and useful Improvements in Grain-Binding Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The first part of this invention relates par- 'ticularly to that class of automatic machines.

wherein the binder-arm shaft is supported by a rigid standard or braeketrising atone end of the grain-table, and overhanging the same at its upper end. The object of this part ofthe invention is to sustain the upper or overhanging end of the bracket or standardrigidly in position without interfering with the passage of the grain thereunder; and to this end it consists, essentially, in combining with said overhanging end one or more'braces extending thence to the harvester-frame or other rigid support at a pointabove the elevatoraprons or other devices by which the grain is elevated and delivered to the bindingtable. It also consists in variousminor features of construction incident to the above, as hereinafter fully explained.

The second part of the invention relates particularly to a kicker or ejector designed to be projected outward intermittingly below and beyond the edge of the table, for the purpose of effecting the delivery of the bound bundle from the machine, and of preventing the bundles from clinging oneto another'and being carried with the'machine.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my automatic binder connected to a harvesting-machine. of the same on the line w m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation, looking against the delivery side or edge of the grain-table. Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the same.

A represents the frame of a harvesting or reaping machine, which may be of any suitable construction, provided with the usual endless aprons, B, for elevating grain and delivering'the same to the binding-machine, or with equivalent conveying mechanism, these features constituting no part of the present in-' .50 vention.

The harvester-frame is provided on the outer side with two horizontal bars,'O D,

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section for the purpose of giving support to the frame of the binder. These two bars run fore and aft of the machine, and are located one above the upper end of the delivery-apron and the other opposite the main driving-wheel, and are both secured rigidly and'firmly in place upon the frame.

The binder-frame consists, essentially, of the metal bed plate E and an upright arm or standard, F, secured rigidly to'and rising from one end of the bed-plate, and overhanging the same at the upper end, for the purpose of sustaining the binder-arm above the grain table or receiver. The bed-plate of the binder-frame hasits inner edge provided with hooks or arms a, which engage over the bar 0 of the main frame, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, thus giving support to the base of the binder, while the upright standard ,or bracket F is provided at its top with rigid braces or rods 12, which eX- tend therefrom-to the top bar, D, of the harvester, where their ends are forked and provided with rollers 0, bearing against a rail, 01,

.on said top bar, as shown. Thus it will be seen the binder -frame is hung directly to the harvester-frame on the bars 0 D, and given a firm and rigid support both at top and bottom, the two connections being located one above and the other below the delivery ends of the ele- 8o vating aprons. This method of hanging the binder is advantageous, in that it avoids the necessity of extending the harvester-frame out ward under, the binder, affords an extremely firm and rigid support to the binder, and holds the arm or standard F rigidly in its proper position, so that it cannot spring or yield under the strains to which it is subjected during the operation of binding the grain. The bracing of the arm or bracket F is a matter of great 0 importance, in order to insure the delivery of the binding material by the binding-arm to whether the braces are depended upon as one -of. the main supports for the binder-frame, as

herein shown, or not. The binder-frame may be supported or sustained atits base by'means wholly independent of the braces, and the-latter used solely to prevent the standard or bracket F from springing.

It is manifest that the form, number, and

arrangement of the braces may be modified as desired, provided they extend from the standard or bracket to the main frame or other solid support in such manner as not to impede the flow of the grain from the elevator to the table or receiver K, which is located, as usual, below the overhanging bracket and below the upper "ends of the elevating-aprons.

The manner in which the binder-frame is hung admits of its being moved readily forward and backward, as may be required, in order to secure the application of the band centrally to grain of different lengths.

Instead of providing the braces b with rollers to bear upon the rail, the rail may be attached to the braces and the rollers mounted on the main frame; or any other suitable sliding connection may be employed between the braces and the main frame or support.

Instead of securing the braces to the arm or standard of the binder frame and arranging them to slide, as shown, on the main frame, they may be secured rigidly to the main frame and attached to the arm or standard F by a sliding connection of any suitable character; but the first-named application is preferred. The forward and backward adjustment of the binder-frame upon the harvester is effected, as shown in Fig. 4, by means of a rack-bar, f, attached to the rear end of the binder-frame, and engaging with a pinion, g, on a shaft, 7, which is extended upward and provided with a hand-crank, 1', arranged within convenient reach of the operator, who will occupy the ordinary seat, k, on the harvester. The rack-bar f has its forward end provided with an eye or hole, and is slipped loosely over a stud cast on the binder-frame, as shown in Fig. 4, the connection thus made being strong and inexpensive, and permitting the rack-bar to swing laterally and adjust itself readily, and without binding or cramping, in case the moving parts get out of line or happen to be inaccurately adjusted. The lower end of the pinion-shaft 71. has its bearing in a small metal plate or block, w, which also serves as aguide and bearing for the rack-bar, as shown in Fig. 4.

For the purpose of holding the grain in shape and directing it downward within reach of the binder-arm, I employ a series of curved deflector-arms, I, the upper ends of which are attached to a bar, J, arranged to slide in bearings on the top of the harvester-frame, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The bar J is provided at its rear end with cog-teeth, into which engages a pinion, Z, attached to the shaft h, by which the binder is moved, so that the r0- tation of said shaft by the operator causes the binder and the deflector-arms to move alike, and consequently retain their relative positions.

The binding table or receiver K, before referred to as being mounted above the base of the binder-frame, has an upturned side or edge next the grain-elevator. The table is sustained at one edge by a support on the binder-frame and at the other by bearing on a ledge or shoulder on the harvester-frame, and may be readily detached when required.

The binding or band-carrying arm L is mounted at the middle on a rotating crank, M, and guided at its rear end by aslotted arm, N, secured to the overhanging standard or bracket of the binder-frame, as shown. This manner of sustaining and driving the binder is substantially the same as described in the patent granted to me on the 17th day of July, 1877, No. 193,241, and constitutes no part of the present invention. The shaft 0, on which the crank M is secured, is mounted in bearings on the side of the standard F on the binder-frame, and is driven through suitable devices, illustrated in the drawings, but forming no part of the present invention, from the harvester. For a detailed description and illustration of these devices reference is made to Letters Patent No. 236,576, dated January 11, 1881.

It is manifest that the manner of operating the binder-arm and the construction and arrangement of the devices for uniting the ends of the band may be varied at will; or, in other words, that the standard, braced as shown, may be used to sustain binder-arms of different kinds.

In the practical operations of binding-machines as hitherto constructed it has been found that, owing to the interlocking of the heads of the grain and other causes, the bound bundles will sometimes cling together and hang to the side of the machine. To avoid difficulty in this respect and effect a positive separation of the bundles, I make use of a de vice which Idenominate a kicker, adapted and arranged to be projected intermittingly below and beyond the outer edge of the graintable, for the purpose of acting upon the bundles which may be suspended therefrom. This device consists in the present instance of a horizontal sliding rod, XV, having one end turned vertically, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2. This rod or kicker is connected at its inner end to a horizontal vibratory lever, M, which is provided with a stud or roller acted upon by a horizontal cam -wheel, I mounted in the binder-frame, as represented,

this wheel serving, as explained in my pre-.

vious patent, No. 236,576, before alluded to, the additional purpose of operating the bandfastening devices. After the binding of each bundle is completed, the cam causes the rod or kicker to slide outward beyond the grain table or receiver, and thus serves to disengage and discharge from the machine any bundle which may chance to cling to the end of the grain-table.

It is manifest that the form of the kicker or discharging device and the manner of constructing the same are features of minor importance my invention consisting, broadly, in the use of a device arranged to move outward at suitable intervals beneath and beyond the grain table or support, to act against the pendent bundles of grain.

The general construction of the cam-whee and the arrangement for imparting motion thereto is the same as that described in connection with my previous patent, No. 236,576, to which reference is made for a detailed description thereof, such description being unnecessary in the present application, for the reason that such device constitutes no part of the present invention.

The present invention is restricted to those matters and things which are hereinafter claimed, and as to all matters which may be described or shown, but which are not claimed, the right is reserved to make the same the subject of a separate application.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In combination with a harvester having an elevating-apron, a binder-frame having a base portion, E, and an elevated binder-arm support, F, the base portion being connected to the harvester below the delivery end of the conveyer-apron, and the elevated portion being connected to the harvester at-a point above the delivery end of the elevator-apron, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a harvester provided with a grain-elevator, abinding-machine having an overhanging arm, F, sustained at .its upper end by stays or braces connecting with the harvester-frame at a point above the delivery end of the elevator.

3. In a grain-binding machine, an overhanging arm or standard to sustain the binderarm, in combination with a brace extending from the overhanging end or portion of the arm to'a rigid support out of the path of thegrain, substantially as shown and described. I

4. The binder-frame E F, having its base provided with arms engaging upon the harvester-frame, and its standard or bracket prov vided with the braces, having rollers mounted on a track or rail on the harvester-frame.

5. The combination of the harvester-frame, the binder-frame arranged to slide thereon, the rack-barattached to the binder-frame,

and the vertical shaft mounted in fixed bearings in the harvester-frame, and provided at its lower end with a pinion to engage the rack, and at its upper end with a hand-crank in position to be operated by the attendant,

.whereby the crank is maintained in constant 7 In a grain-binding machine, the combi-- nation of a binding table or platform and an intermittingly-acting kicker or deliverer located below the same, and arranged to extend beyond its outer edge, as described and shown, whereby it is caused to separate such bundles as may cling together after leaving the table and hang upon the side of the machine.

JOHN H. GORDON.

Witnesses:

HENRY H. MoPHAIL, .W. MARTIN J ONES. 

